Cynthia miraculously escaped without any injuries, while the house and everything inside it was destroyed. The pilot was killed, along with the family pets, and the co-pilot was badly burned but survived. Out of the entire Tate family, only Cynthia was at home when a plane crashed into the house. In that respect, Jwas a rare day when the house was not filled with neighborhood kids. The Tate Brothers are involved with almost every volunteer or charity event around Davis Island, and it's been said that many of the island kids have grown up in the Tate house. Tom is the co-owner of Tate Brothers' Pizza and is responsible for giving most of the kids in town their first jobs, while Cynthia is extremely involved with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the PTA. Tom and Cynthia Tate are well known in their tight knit community of Davis Island. While Ty and the designers, builder Homelife Communities and hundreds of volunteers and workers are rebuilding their home, the Riggins family will go on vacation to Walt Disney World Air Date : 11th-Feb-2007 Read More Despite all this, Linda and William greet every day with a smile and focus all of their energies on their young and enthusiastic children and on their community. But recently the Riggins themselves have fallen on tough times: Linda has had several surgeries, their medical bills have become overwhelming and now their house is in bad need of repair. She, along with her visually impaired husband, William, have dedicated over fifteen years of service to Building Together Ministries, a non-profit center designed to help disadvantaged parents and children. She didn't let this get her down, though, and graduated college with honors and degrees in Childhood Education, Social Work and Women's Studies. Linda Riggins grew up poor and in the projects, where she was told she would never make anything of herself. The Riggins family are given an extreme makeover. To make matters worse, because of a clerical error, the home was not insured, so the Tates are unable to pay off the existing mortgage, let alone rebuild their home.
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The Tate family are given an extreme makeover. Season 4 Episode 18 - The Tipton-Smith Family